No, thanks, I’m past my “use by” date!
Here’s a spread for Collage Play with Crowabout #61. Nancy’s off on her holidays, so we won’t be doing any more till January, but I finally got my act together and had fun with this challenge! Not your typical Thanksgiving spread, but hey, I’m a Brit!!! Now to pop it into the Group Flic

Neil Gaiman’s Sandman
I used to read graphic novels (Comics), when I was a kid, but never took them terribly seriously, although I did absolutely love “Sin City” and bought it on DVD. So, I found Gary Reef’s Art From the Heart group on ning and joined yesterday. I’ve been a Youtube fan for about a year, so it seemed like a logical progression and lo and behold! there’s an Illustration challenge which ended yesterday with ‘Dream’ as the focus… You know I don’t really do drawing much, but boy, this character got under my skin and here’s what ha

Owl on a key chain?
The Three Muses challenge us to use a KEY somewhere in our artwork this week. Instead of another journal page, I had the urge for some “creature comfort” and created this Stuffy Owl – for my DD – so when she looks at it, she’ll know I am thinking of her. The little suitcase key is symbolic, as I know we don’t have a suitcase that it belongs to!!

GPP Crusade #35
Michelle asked us ti create a journal page about a sign or symbol that reminds us of a loved one, past or present. This is mine…

“I am Woman”
Just like the Helen Reddy song, Mixed Media Monday’s theme is “I am Woman”… I had a fab time with this bold, red double page spread. I think I’m getting the hang of this art journalling thing! This made me so happy when I had finished it – the gorgeous face is from a magazine; I’ve used paints, Neocolour II crayons, white and black poster paint pens; a couple of pieces of overlays from my old scrapbook stash and a couple of other paper elements.